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滥

làn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 濫

What 滥 means

1. overflowing
2. excessive
3. indiscriminate

Example sentences

• 国王滥用权力。
  Guówáng lànyòngquánlì.
  The king abused his power.
• 大雨使河水泛滥。
  Dàyǔ shǐ héshuǐ fànlàn.
  The rivers were flooded by the heavy rain.
• 我们只能滥用善良的。
  Wǒmen zhǐnéng lànyòng shànliáng de.
  We can only abuse of things that are good.
• 台风造成了河水泛滥。
  Táifēng zàochéng le héshuǐ fàn làn.
  The typhoon caused the river to flood.
• 用药和滥药只差一线。
  Yòng yào hé làn yào zhǐ chà yīxiàn.
  When it comes to drugs, there's a very fine line between use and abuse.
• 他因滥用公共基金而被捕。
  Tā yīn lànyòng gōnggòng jījīn ér bèibǔ.
  He was arrested for abusing public funds.

Words starting with 滥

• 滥用làn yòngto misuse; to abuse
• 滥杀làn shāto kill indiscriminately; to massacre
• 滥交làn jiāoto fall into bad company; to make acquaintances indiscriminately
• 滥伐làn fáto denude; illegal logging; forest clearance
• 滥刑làn xíngindiscriminate punishment
• 滥情làn qíngfickle in love; sentimentality
• 滥权làn quánto abuse one's authority; to misuse power
• 滥漫làn mànarbitrary; indiscriminate
• 滥调làn diàohackneyed talk; platitude
• 滥套子làn tào ziplatitude; pointless talk
• 滥好人làn hǎo rénsb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
• 滥用权力làn yòng quán lìabuse of power
• 滥用职权làn yòng zhí quánabuse of power
• 滥杀无辜làn shā wú gūwillfully slaughter the innocent (idiom)
• 滥骂làn màto hurl abuse
• 滥砍滥伐làn kǎn làn fáwanton destruction of forested lands
• 滥竽làn yúindiscriminately included in company (without any qualification); see 滥竽充数
• 滥竽充数làn yú chōng shùlit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom)…
• 滥觞làn shānglit. floating wine goblets on a stream; the origin (of some phenomenon)

Words containing 滥

• 泛滥fàn lànto overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
• 粗制滥造cū zhì làn zàoto churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
• 泛滥成灾fàn làn chéng zāilit. to flood (idiom); fig. rampant; in plague proportions
• 陈词滥调chén cí làn diàocliché; commonplace; truism
• 俗滥sú lànclichéd; tacky
• 浮滥fú lànexcessive; exorbitant; excessively
• 狂轰滥炸kuáng hōng làn zhàto bomb indiscriminately
• 宁缺毋滥nìng quē wú lànbetter to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom)…
• 下三滥xià sān lànriffraff; scum; lowlife
• 宁缺勿滥nìng quē wù lànsame as 宁缺毋滥

Characters built on 监

These share the phonetic component 监 (jiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蓝lánblue; indigo plant
• 篮lánbasket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
• 尴gānused in 尴尬
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold
• 褴lánused in 褴褛

Characters that look like 滥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 遍biàneverywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 湿shīmoist; wet
• 滤lǜto strain; to filter
• 漉lùstrain liquids
• 谧mì(literary) quiet; peaceful; tranquil
• 愠yùnindignant; feel hurt

Sounds the same

Read làn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 烂soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 燗old variant of 烂
• 爤old variant of 烂
• 灠variant of 滥